Speak with Jarvis Hammerstone of Cragstone who will inform you of a drudge fort west of Cragstone (note: it is not required to speak to Jarvis to begin this quest).
Head to the fort, destroy the walls, and work your way to the inner ring of the fortress. You will find two NPCs: Sergeant Shanks the drudge and Hoogan the Banderling. There is also a cave with a locked door.
Give Sergeant Shanks food items until he slips and tells you about the blueprints. This flags you to pick up the Drudge Fort Blueprints dropped by the Drudge Biters
surrounding the cave entrance. You only need to get flagged once per
character and then they can pick up blueprints forever. Bring the
Blueprints to Hoogan the Banderling, barricaded inside the small hut.
He will tell you that he requires a shovel to escape.
There is a rumor sitting in a pile of trash and stolen loot which will lead you to Farmer Kao, the owner of the only shovel in Dereth. It saves time to get Farmer Kao's Shovel before the quest.
Use the Cave Door Key to access the Cave
Dungeon. You will enter in a tunnel which connects to a large chamber.
Opposite of you will be a portal to the next area. In order to enter
it, you must first kill Kernel Klank. This will release the restrictions on the portal which takes you to the main and final dungeon, Under Drudge Fort.
This dungeon is a large maze, but experienced players will know the way
through. If no one knows the way, study the map carefully.
When you reach the final room, there is one important thing to remember: Do not kill Captain Burnja. Killing Burnja puts out the Wall of Fire and lets Bonecrunch
into the main room where he can and will lay waste to the entire group
with his high hollow damage. The general strategy for the final room is
this:
- Have one person, usually a higher level melee, enter
the room first to get Burnja's attention. This player will then lead
Burnja off to a side room and hold him there until Bonecrunch dies. -
Have an archer open the door behind the fire wall and lure Bonecrunch
with an arrow. Then all archers stand in front of (but back away from)
the fire wall/door and open fire on Bonecrunch. Slashing ammo with a
rending bow is said to be best. - Melees and mages keep the spawns of drudges clear so the archers can stay alive and concentrate on Bonecrunch. - lower levels with life magic (and if possible, a Healer's Heart) stay back in one of the safer side rooms and heal the fellowship, especially the archers.
When Bonecrunch dies, have everyone in the fellowship loot the key from his corpse.
Be sure to exit the dungeon using the Escape Portal that appears behind Bonecrunch's throne. Using this portal is what flags you to get a reward from Jarvis.
Loot the chest using your key then hit the surface portal to
run back to Cragstone and speak with Jarvis. Unwanted items can be
traded or turned in for bonus experience.
Tip: You can tell what item is in the chest by looking at the burden:
Orb = 9140 BU
Scroll = 9070 BU
Hammer = 9840 BU
New titles can be earned when repeating (some were only during the first month).
